1981 Volleyball Team

Led by Head Coach Lee Suarez and Assistant Coaches Steve Morgenthaler and Rich Eisenauer, the 1981 volleyball team won the Prairie College Conference Championship, placed 4th at state, and concluded the season with a 22–9 team record (setting a new best-ever record for Principia volleyball). The team ranked 12th in NCAA DIII and had five players named to the All-Conference team (Valerie Briscoe, Laurie Mingola, Joan Tozzie, Andrea Williams, and Anne Williams).

Coach: Lenore “Lee” Suarez
Assistant Coaches: Steve Morgenthaler (US’68, C’72), Rich Eisenauer (C’83)

Team Members: Karen (Amber) Powell (C’82), Valerie (Briscoe) Dickinson (US’79, C’83), Nancy (Filiatrault) Kearns (US’80, C’84), Mary Ann (Green) Sprague-Denison (C’84), Lisa (Heilbrun) Beatty (US’78, C’82), Anne Hopkins (C’85), Jennifer (Lurton) Keller (US’80, C’84), Loy (Mehlenbacher) Neutz (C’85), Laurie (Mingola) Darnaby (C’84), Amanda (Price) Weitman (C’83), Joan Tozzie (C’82), Andrea (Williams) Haines (C’82), Anne Williams (US’80, C’84)